Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depression among Admitted Adult Patients in Surgical and Medical Wards of Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 2

Distribution of clinical factors of respondents admitted at medical and surgical wards at SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019 ().

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent
Site admission	Medical ward	410	69.5
	Surgical ward	180	30.5
Current diagnosis	Musculoskeletal d/r	41	6.9
	Genitourinary d/r	56	9.5
	Endocrine d/r	185	31.4
	Gastrointestinal d/r	103	17.5
	Infectious diseases	155	26.3
	Cardiovascular d/r	50	8.5
Duration of hospital stay	One week	251	42.5
	Two weeks	242	41.0
	Three weeks	41	6.9
	≥one month	56	9.5
Pervious history of admission	No	372	63.1
	Yes	218	36.9
Multiple diagnoses of medical illness	No	41	70.3
	Yes	17	29.7
History of suicidal attempt	No	527	89.3
	Yes	63	10.7
Feeling of pain	No	285	48.3
	Yes	305	51.7
Fear of death	No	488	82.9
	Yes	102	17.3
Fear of complication	No	248	42.0
	Yes	342	58
History of mental illness	No	46	78.8
	Yes	125	21.2
Family history of mental illness	No	480	81.4
	Yes	11	18.6
Family history of chronic medical illness	Yes	89	15.1
	No	501	84.9